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Charlottesville, Va., to Cover Confederate Statues in Black Fabric to Mourn Heather Heyer
The city of Charlottesville, Va., is planning to cover the statues of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson in black fabric to represent the city’s mourning of Heather Heyer. The Daily Progress reports that the City Council voted unanimously early Tuesday to drape the fabric in Heyer’s honor. Heyer, 32, was killed…
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Mom of Charlottesville, Va., Victim Heather Heyer Refuses to Speak to Trump After He Compared Anti-Racism Activists to White Supremacists
Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed while protesting against white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., told Good Morning America that she has no interest in speaking to President Donald Trump since Trump’s comments comparing anti-racism activists to the Ku Klux Klan and the like. Bro told GMA that Trump and White House…
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Maine Gov. Paul LePage Compares Removing Confederate Statues to Losing 9/11 Memorial
Maine Gov. Paul LePage continues to prove that he has indeed lost his damn mind, comparing the removal of Confederate monuments to removing a monument to those who died in the 9/11 attacks. According to the Associated Press, LePage made the comments Thursday morning on WGAN-AM when asked for his reaction to the violent white…
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How Wes Bellamy, the 30-Year-Old Vice Mayor of Charlottesville, Va., Plans to Move His City Forward
As the racial divide that has always existed in America turns from a deep fissure to a gaping chasm (which side will you choose?), the city of Charlottesville, Va., remains at the center of that divide’s latest incarnation, especially after a woman lost her life at the hands of rabid white supremacists last week. After…
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The Most Beautifullest Thing in This World Is This Scared White Boy Stripping Off His White Supremacist Uniform
What do the hip, cool white supremacists wear when their white hoods and Ku Klux Klan robes are at the dry cleaners stained with Negro blood and it’s too hot at the rally to wear those thick, wool Hugo Boss-designed Nazi uniforms? Simple. They wear the widely accepted costume recommended by 4 out of 5…
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Texas A&M Cancels White Lives Matter Rally That Was to Feature Richard Spencer
It seems as if Texas A&M University has found a loophole around First Amendment issues, with officials announcing Monday that they have canceled a planned white supremacist rally meant to be hosted on campus, citing student safety. The Texas Tribune reports that the school said that it made its final decision after consulting law enforcement…
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Hey, Guys, It Only Took 2 Days After the Violence in Charlottesville, Va., for Trump to Explicitly Denounce White Supremacy
It’s too little a little too late, but y’all’s president finally managed to take some time from golfing and tweeting about everything but Charlottesville, Va., to explicitly denounce white supremacists. “To anyone who acted criminally in this weekend’s racist violence, you will be held fully accountable. Justice will be delivered,” President Donald Trump said Monday…
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James Alex Fields Jr., Accused of Ramming Car Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally in Va., Denied Bail
A Charlottesville, Va., judge has denied bail to James Alex Fields Jr., the alleged terrorist who is accused of running his vehicle into a crowd of anti-racism protesters on Saturday, killing one and injuring some 19 others. According to the New York Post, Fields appeared for his court hearing via video from Ablemarle-Charlottesville (Va.) Regional…
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Mass. Cop After Car Plowed Into Counterprotesters at White Supremacist Rally: ‘Hahahaha Love This’
The Springfield, Mass., Police Department has launched an investigation into an officer who wrote “Hahahaha love this” in response to a story about a man plowing his car through a crowd of counterprotesters at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., leaving one woman dead and a number of people injured. Indeed, people (including the police)…